Car-coupling



(No Model.)

H. G. H. REED.

GAR C0'UPLI1\TG.v No'. 301,275. 'Patented July l, 1884.

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Ilaria' rains .HORA'IIOv G. H. REED, OF MILVAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

CRmCOUPLlNG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 301,275, dated July l, 1884.

i Applicai ion filed April 11, 1884. (No model.)

.To all w'l'wwt it may concern? Be it known that I, I-Ioniifrio G. II. REED, of l\[ilwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee, and in the State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Car- Couplings; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to the coupling of railroad-cars, and will be fully described hereinafter. l

rlhe drawing is a side view of a coupling Y embodying iny invention, with part of the in such a position that its point or free end` will always lie up against the standard D. rIhe front portion of the upper edge of block E is slightly concaved in front, to form aseat for the end of the pin and support it in position for automatic coupling, and the inouth of the draw-head is sufficiently contracted just in front of the pinhole to prevent the block E from falling out.

A E is a bail that is attached to or forms part of the standard, and to this bail is linked the arm F of a rockshaft, G, that extends across the front end of the car, while another arm, F2, of this rock-shaft is connected by a rod, G, with the top of the car.

pawl E drops into the notch d in the edge of 5o the standard and holds it up, so that the link can be withdrawn 5 but until the link is Withdrawn it will hold the block up and keep the point of the pawl in the notch in the standard, and the head will remain uncoupled.

The lower end ofthe standard may be provided with a suitable stop to vprevent its entire withdrawal from the draw-head, and any suitable catch or lock may be provided for holding the rook-shaft when adjusted.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. In a car-coupling, a pin-supporting block adapted to slide in inclined ways in the drawhead, and having a rearwardlyprojecting pawl, in combination with a vertically-sliding and notched standard, through which the coupling-pin passes, as described.

2. The combination of l the block E and standard D with the coupling-pin and rockshaft, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I clailn the foregoing I have hereunto set niy hand at Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee andState of Wisconsin, in the presence of two witnesses.

HORATIO G. H. REED.

Vitnesses:

STANLEY S. S'roUT, H. G. UNnnRWoon. 

